Collapsible container.



iatenimd June 11, 1918.

QF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNGE ll-0 LAWRENCE JJ'QNES, 0F

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Specification of Letters hatent.

Application filed m 1a, 1917.

as lubricating oil, grease, Vaseline, library paste, or other fluid, or plastic or semiplastic material, which it is desired to use in small quantities, and at the same time to retain protected from the atmosphere.

The invention conm'sts primarily of a hol-' low tubular roll made of one or more thicknesses of a single sheet of cotton duck, cotton canvas, or other suitable textile fabric, havin% overlapping ends, preferably ce mente to form a tube, and having the bottom of this tube folded fiat and held in place by a suitable clamping member, and the opposite end of the tube provided with areduced nozzle whereby the contents of the tube may be -expelled in the desired quantity.

My invention will be more fully under by reference to the accompanying. drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showin the collapsible container in the completed condition, parts being broken away to show the impervious coating applied to the inte rior fabric,

Fig, 2 shows a central vertical section through the container;

Fig. 3 shows a cross section along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and looking down; and

Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation on a larger scale showing the preferred construction of the nozzle,

A represents the substantially cylindrical body portion of the container, which is formed of a single strip of textile material to l, wrapped upon itself and having ends 2 and 3, as shown most clearly in Fig. These ends may be cemented, lued, or otherwise attached to the body 0 e we telnet",

The body the container may be saturated'with any suitable material, such as linseed. oil, to cause it to he impervious to liquid or the air; or one or both faces of the textile fabric may be coated. with a suitable material l, as shown in Fig. l, which is substantially liquid proof and air proof; or no coating or saturation may certain materials where the container is intended to contain such roaterial as will itself make the textile fabric iinpervious air or liquid.

The bottom the fabric is folded fiat and bent back on itself as at 5, and then held in place by a metal clip B. The fabric may be cemented or glued at the fold 5, and then more securely held in place by the metal clip @n certain occasions this clip B may be omitted,

The container, at its delivery end, is bent into folds 6, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and t 1 ese folds are gathered up as the enos or at between the ferrule 8 and the fastening member 9, which member is preferably flanged inward as at 10, to hold in place the cork ring 11, mounted above the ferrule- 8, as shown most clearly in Fig. l. The fastening member '9 is provided with a; coarse screw thread 12 engaging -tire screw thread l3 on the outer cap i i.

This outer cap is preferably provided with a hood 15 in the form of a hollow truncated cone, whereby the outer cap may be more conveniently centered in the position for causing the screw threads to engage. This outer cap 14 is preferably provided with an inner dish oi cork or other suitable material it to form a tight ioint when the outer cap is screwed down in place.

The matefial to be contained in the collapsible preferably "forced in through the nozule, which may be done any convenient way, and then cap is applied and the pa ready "for transporta- Vl hen use cap is removed, and the and we a we is th usual i "form a neck, a ferrule ineunted s After the container is emptied, it refilled through the nozzle with a similar material and used over and over again.

By having the container made of cotton. duck, or other suitable textile fabric, it not apt to break when in use, as haegeens with the metal tubes when used.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure -Letters Pat ent of the United States is:

1. A collapsible container having its body portion in the form of a cylindrical tube made or" a plurality of thicknesses of textile material having the ends thereof cemented or glued to said body portion, with one of said tube bent to form a straight fold, With a metal clip engaging said fold thus securely closing said end of said tabs,

and the other end of said tube folded te form a neck, a ferrule mounted in said heels, a fastening member mounted exterior to ferrule and having its Walls tapering ostward and downward, with its lower end securing the neck of said fabric to said. 1 er rule, and the said fastening member he provided With coarse screw threads a oe said ferrule, and a screw cap mounted said. fastening member, and provided W- a hood in the form of a frustum oi a hollow cone adapted to be centered by said fastening member, substantially as descrihed.

2. A collapsible container havin its body portion in the form of a cylindrical tuhe made of a plurality of thicknesses of textile material having the ends thereof cemented or gluec to said body portion, with one end of said tube bent to form straight fold With a metal clip engaging thus securely closing said end oi said t and the other end of said tube a fastening member meented $44.?

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